List of amphibians of Canada
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This is a list of amphibians of Canada.
Conservation status - IUCN Red List of Threatened Species:
- EX - Extinct, EW - Extinct in the Wild
- CR - Critically Endangered, EN - Endangered, VU - Vulnerable
- NT - Near Threatened, LC - Least Concern
- DD - Data Deficient, NE - Not Evaluated
- (v. 2023.1, the data is current as of March 6, 2024[1])
Summary of 2006 IUCN Red List categories.
- Wandering salamander – Aneides vagrans LC
- Jefferson salamander – Ambystoma jeffersonianum LC
- Northwestern salamander – Ambystoma gracile LC
- Blue-spotted salamander – Ambystoma laterale LC
- Spotted salamander – Ambystoma maculatum LC
- Long-toed salamander – Ambystoma macrodactylum LC
- Barred tiger salamander – Ambystoma mavortium LC
- Small-mouth salamander – Ambystoma texanum LC
- Tiger salamander – Ambystoma tigrinum LC
Genus Desmognathus
[edit]- Dusky salamander – Desmognathus fuscus LC
- Allegheny Mountain dusky salamander – Desmognathus ochrophaeus LC
Genus Dicamptodon
[edit]- Coastal giant salamander – Dicamptodon tenebrosus LC
- Ensatina – Ensatina eschscholtzii LC
- Northern two-lined salamander – Eurycea bislineata LC
Genus Gyrinophilus
[edit]- Spring salamander – Gyrinophilus porphyriticus LC
Genus Hemidactylium
[edit]- Four-toed salamander – Hemidactylium scutatum LC
- Common mudpuppy – Necturus maculosus LC
Genus Notophthalmus
[edit]- Eastern newt – Notophthalmus viridescens LC
- Red-backed salamander – Plethodon cinereus LC
- Coeur d’Alene salamander – Plethodon idahoensis LC
- Western redback salamander – Plethodon vehiculum LC
- Rough-skinned newt – Taricha granulosa LC
- Blanchard's cricket frog – Acris crepitans blanchardi LC
- Coastal tailed frog – Ascaphus truei LC
- Rocky Mountain tailed frog – Ascaphus montanus LC
- American toad – Anaxyrus americanus LC
- Western toad – Anaxyrus boreas LC
- Great Plains toad – Anaxyrus cognatus LC
- Fowler's toad – Anaxyrus fowleri LC
- Canadian toad – Anaxyrus hemiophrys LC
- Cope's gray treefrog – Hyla chrysoscelis LC
- Gray treefrog – Hyla versicolor LC
- Northern red-legged frog – Rana aurora LC
- Cascades frog – Rana cascadae LC
- Columbia spotted frog – Rana luteiventris LC
- Oregon spotted frog – Rana pretiosa VU
Genus Lithobates
[edit]- American bullfrog – Lithobates catesbeianus LC
- Northern green frog – Lithobates clamitans LC
- Pickerel frog – Lithobates palustris LC
- Northern leopard frog – Lithobates pipiens LC
- Mink frog – Lithobates septentrionalis LC
- Wood frog – Lithobates sylvaticus LC
Genus Pseudacris
[edit]- Spring peeper – Pseudacris crucifer LC
- Boreal chorus frog – Pseudacris maculata LC
- Pacific tree frog – Pseudacris regilla LC
- Western chorus frog – Pseudacris triseriata LC
- Plains spadefoot toad – Spea bombifrons LC
- Great Basin spadefoot – Spea intermontana LC
References
[edit]- ^ "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
- Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of British Columbia, Source: Matsuda, Green and Gregory (The Amphibians and Reptiles of British Columbia)
- Amphibians & Reptiles of Canada, CARCNET - RÉCCAR
- Amphibians Species of Canada, Amphibians Canada